Since yesterday, I have been home in Munich. I am going to spend the next couple of weeks here, before I go back home to Heidelberg. The way I use home to refer to both cities can be confusing at times, but both places are home to me. Munich is my hometown and it always will be. I have my childhood and high school friends here, and we meet up whenever I am back home.

Heidelberg is the town that has been my home (on & off) for the past 7.5 years. I moved there in October 2002, and with the exception of two years, and about 2-3 months per year, have been living there. I have a life there, a job, close friends. I love the town.

But Munich still comes first in my heart. And because the next couple of weeks are going to be the last weeks I spend here before finishing my exams in July (and possibly until the end of August), I am going to try to make the most of my time here. There are really only two things I came here for: to spend time with friends & family, and to study.

So far a trip to the movies has been planned with one friend, coffee with another, and a bloggy date with the tex-pat. (She’s a friend I met via my previous blog! How cool is that?) Next weekend will be one dedicated to birthday celebrations, first my best friend’s (= a road trip train ride to the town she goes to college in), and then my mom’s for which I’ll be testing my culinary skills and making a key lime pie for the first time. I hope I will get to see all of my friends here, as well as my brother and sister, and at the same time be able to keep up (or catch up really) with my study schedule.

But right now? I am just really excited to go downtown for some window shopping tomorrow (and some actual notebook mouse shopping because mine broke) and then meet up with a friend to see Up in the Air. And a trip to the Victorian House for tea and scones or something else equally English with another friend on Sunday.

What are your plans for this weekend?